Metal sheet-piling.



No. 836,832. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. R. v. SAGE.

METAL SHEET FILING. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1005.

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WITNESSES, INVENTOR it appertains to make and use the same.

declare following to he a full, clear, and

locked at the same time and which can also sanrn v. sion'or wss METALSHE n0. scenes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PENNSYLVAN lA.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Aovlication filed sptomlssr 27,1906. Seriellio. 280.281-

Be it known that I, lx'ALrn V. SAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the horough of /Vcstmont, in the county of Cainhria andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin'ivietal Sheetiling; and I do hereby exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to wluch Myinvention relates to sheet-piling constructed of rolled or pressed metalshapes provided with locking means at their contiguous edges; and myobject is to provide a metal sheet-piling composed of pieces which canbe readily driven in close contact and be arranged with means forcalking the joints, so that when necessary the piling maybe madeWatentight.

A further object is to provide a metal sheet-piling comprising rolledieces or sections that can he used as rollec Without any riveting, incooperation with other roiled pieces or sections which require only avery smel amount of riveting.

Referring the annexed sheet of drawings, which form part of thisspecification, and in which like figures refer to like parts, Figure lis a sectional plan of a portion ol my im proved sheet-piling, showingseveral pieces thereof joined at their contiguous edges and at a corner.Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged soctional views of the cooperating pieces orpiles that form my improved sheet-piling. Fig. t is u sectional plan ofa portion of the shcet-piling shown in Fig. 1, arranged with means forcalking the joints to make the joints water-tight. Referring to i? 2,the main pieces of the sheet-piling composed of a trough or channelshape having a Web 3, flanges 2, extending substantially at right anglesto the web, and flanges extending from the edges of flanges 2 indirections substantially at right angles to said flanges 2 and approximately parallel to said web.

The alternate pieces (shown in Fig. 3) are com posed of a trough orchannel shape, having a web 4 and side flanges 5 and a-re 'provided withaspiicing and looking strip 6, secured t the web 4i by one rowof rivets,

The sheet-pilingis constructed by driving the individual pieces or pilesseparately in1 'ing the pue that carries the said bar 6.

the usuai manner, so that one flange 3 of each main piece projects underthe splicing locking hart of the adjoining alternate piece, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. v

The bar 6 arranged with an integral filler 7 ol slightlygreaterthickness than the flanges 3 of the main pieces in order to provide asinfill clearance, and thcrehy :l'acilitate thedriving of the piles. itwill he readily understood that the integral liller T can be made from aseparate piece cl plate secured under the splicing sndlockingband-without dc parting from this invention.

The corner connections are very simply and readily made by securing aZ-bar 8 to the web 1 of one corner-pile, so that the Web and thc' l'recflange of the said Z'bar are par allel, respectivciy, to the flange 2and the flange 3 or the ,7 vid 'piic, there being a certain space leftbetween the ssid parts for the reception and locking of the flanges 2and 3 ,of the contiguous pile, all {is-clearly illustrated in Fig. i.

in the nu dilication shown in Fig. 4 the splicing or looking; her 6 isp'oivided at each edge u h a projecting flange 9, substantially at aright h I n parallel to the lln-ngcs .oi" those piles adgoin- The saidhinges 9 are located, however, at a small distance from the said flanges2 in order to provide space for inserting (-alking material (indicated.as 10) to make the sheet-piling water-tight when required.

From the 'lorogoiug; description it will be noted that my improvedsheet-piling is very simple and lv-ononiicul and only every alternatepiece ill-crooi' requires any riveting. Furthermore, the shapes used canall be rolled and the riveting can he'done by 1nachinery, 1

The sections and arrangement of parts shown may, of course, he slightlymodified witl'iout departing from, my invention as defined by the scopeof thrappcndcd claims.

invii r. us i'uily rihcd my invention, what i claim, and desireto'sccure hy Letters Patent, is-

1. in a metallic shoot-piling, a section composed oi a substantiallyrectangular channel shape provided with a splicing and locking barsecured to the web thereof, said splicing and locking har being fornudof a flat portion arranged with. an oil'set narrower than said flatportion,

e therefrom, and therefore Web nd eXtending Henge are substantially 2..In a mete-hie sheet-piling, the comhinm tion of a section composed of asubstantially rectangular channel shape provided with s splicing andlocking bar formed of a flat por- 5 tion having an offset narrower thansaid flat p0 1011, with cooperating sections each fofmed of a trough orchannel shape having I iiategral outward flanges projecting from the e.ges of its side flanges, said outward flanges so being arranged toextend between the Web and the splicing and locking bars of thecontiguous sections. l i 3.. In" smetflliic sheet-piling, s splicingvstrip formed of a fist plate arranged with an .5 offset, narrower thanthe said plate, and

cured to the web of e chann'ehsection of the sheet-piling for the urposeof locking the side flanges of the sections contiguous thereto.

4. In a metallic sheetiling, e corner-section composed of a troug orchannel section having parallel side flanges and integral outocorner-section are received between the extending flange and the web ofthe said Z-her and the end and side flanges of the first saidrower-section.

assess 5. in a metallic sheet-piling, a section composed of asubstantially rectan 'uler trough or channel shape having it cal kingand locking strip secured to the Web thereof, soidstrip being formed ofaflat plate provided with end flanges and an offset on the side oppositeto said flanges narrower than the said plate.

6. A nietaliic sheet-piling, comprising main sections each formed of 3.trough or chsnnei shape having parallel side flanges and ii'itegml ilsnprojecting from the edges thereof, eiternete sections composed of .atrough or channel shape having parallel side flanges and provided with acalking and locking strip secured to the web thereofisaid strip beingformed of a fist piste provided with end flanges and an oflset on theside opposits to said flanges narrower than the said plate, whereby thecellring and inching strip is adopted to project over the outwardflanges of the sections contiguous to the said alternate sections, whiiea (walking-space is provided between the end flanges of the said stripand the adjacent side flanges of the con tiguous sections.

In testimony whereof .1 hereto siiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH V, SAGE.

VVi messes:

C i). BnoWN, STONE Evelina.

